I wish you all the best. You are facing some hard decisions. Having those lenses so close yet so far away... I can't imagine it. I hope one day karma comes around and some of it comes back to you. I think this thread (and the others on this topic) make those like me without any insurance start to ponder the options.
Cymen On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Joseph McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > None of you ever want to go through this, believe me. Knowing my gear is > somewhere within a few miles of me, not being properly cared for, just > clamps my jaw, and leaves me with a feeling of despair. I guess I just get > too attached to 'MY' equipment. I hope the check dispels some of that > feeling. > > At that point my major decision will be do I try to replace what I had and > can, sticking with full frame in the hope that Pentax comes out with a FF > DSLR in my lifetime, or replace the lenses with DA* primes (not that many > are available that compare) and consider my K20 my last camera. Remember, > I'm 66 years old, and have much more work to do on my past imagery than I > have plans to shoot new imagery. IOW, the more I shoot now, the less time > I'll have to compile the past work into something worth while. > > Thank you all for a your good thoughts and wishes. > > Joseph McAllister > Pentaxian -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.